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• Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 16:14:50 -0600
  ...And are these kits fairly comprehensive and easy to use?? > >I'd love to know more about the options before we take the plunge...
• Re: Do rear shoulder belt kits fit vans with AC?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:24:30 EDT
  ...if the rear shoulder belt kits will work on > Vanagons with AC? I've seen pics of these kits, but they're always > installed...
• Re: SA big brakes, alt brackets and surgery..Re: Need Alternator Bracket--87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:34:50 -0400
  What part of the kit? I still haven't got around to selling those syncro type front hubs from my 2WD kit... Chris On...
• Re: Differences in SA Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:03:05 -0800
  In essence what Sean said is that the SA big brake kit converts 2wd Vanagons to use the same front rotors as Syncros. Mark...
• Re: Rear Disc Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:45:53 +0000
  ...My Smallcar rear disk kit came > >with Girling calipers and ATE rotors from an Audi 5000 > >TQ stationwagon. > > > >Tom > > > >--- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET...
• Michelin Roadside Emergency Kit
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:27:19 -0500
  ...I am just wondering how many of these Michelin Emergency Kits there are within the hands of the list membership today. Anyone?? -- John Rodgers...
• Re: Berg Short Shift Kit in Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Mar 97 13:11:13 EST
  I finally ordered and installed a Gene Berg Shift Kit in my '90 Syncro Westy. I'm happy to report that the installation was...
• Re: eBay Vanagon / Corrado First Aid Kit
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:56:24 -0500
  ...eBay Vanagon / Corrado First Aid Kit > This guy kept listing this first aid kit as for a Vanagon and now he is saying is...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:04:43 -0500
  Richard Lynch wrote: > Has anyone seen a vendor with a curtain or window canvas kit for a Vanagon > passenger model? I've seen Bus...
• Halog Headlight Conversion Kit question
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:27:36 -0500
  ...Headlight Conversion Kit - Pair PAIR of H4 Halogen headlights, WITH bulbs. Direct replacement for your stock sealed-beam headlights, but with much better performance...
• Re: eBay Vanagon / Corrado First Aid Kit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:43:45 EDT
  The VW First Aid Kit is not model specific. Hope that clears it up for you. ;-) -Dave '91 Jetta GTX 16V '88 Jetta GLI...
• Vanagon.org foil replacement kit--superb
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 9 Aug 2018 19:55:55 -0500
  This afternoon my Vanagon.org instrument cluster replacement kit arrived in the mail. After a couple of appointsments, I had about 20 minutes before...
• Re: 094 5 Speed Kit
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 27 Dec 2016 12:10:43 -0500
  ...https://weddleindustries.com/products/new-products/new-vw-094-5-speed-kit Looks like a viable option. I've read it moves 1st down...
• Hella dual battery kits are back!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:25:46 -0400
  Just a note that the Hella dual battery relay kits (part # 1738) that were much-discussed on the list recently are now back in...
• Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 23:22:40 +1200
  You do wonder... >Now Why doesn't Volkswagen offer this kit in the U.S. at the >dealerships?There is >where they could make...
• Re: How to correct "vague" 4 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:05:57 -0500
  Does it make sense to buy the kit and replace everything (whatever "everything is-Bus Depot doesn't specify what's in the kit...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:46:51 -0800
  ...Don't really > want to spend the money on the GW kit and was wondering if anyone has > dupplicated the smallcar kit. I would...
• Re: Need curtains, "KIT"
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 12 May 1998 16:02:42 -0400
  There's a company called Z-products or something like that which used to sell a curtain kit. It came with the hardware and...
• Re: berg shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:11:09 -0800
  ...berg shift kit I am in the market for the Berg short shift kit. Is someone planning to do a group purchase? John '89...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:36:08 -0700
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=422850&highlight=kitchen Stephen --- On Mon, 3/18/13, ANTONY MARSH <apetermarsh@ME.COM> wrote...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:31:14 -0500
  ...On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:59 PM, marc rose <mrose1028@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone ever make there own "kit" for a tranny...
• Re: looking for oil pressure gauge/kit
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:48:36 -0800
  I got the kit from Van-Caf�. VDO gauge and a dash mounted holder that is for a single gauge: http://www.van-cafe...
• VW approved engine conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - P.B.
  Mon, 10 May 1999 09:27:28 -0700
  I am in the process of converting an '87 Vanagon Wolfsburg with a VW factory approved engine conversion kit from South Africa. I have...
• Curtain Kits
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:11:13 -0700
  Considering quality of materials and ease of installation, does anyone have a recommendation for any of the curtain kits available from the list vendors...
• Replacing Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:51:09 -0800
  I think I might go with the Van Cafe kit. It comes with clamps, line and seals. van cafe kit <http://volkscafe.com/vanagon...
• Front Brake Hoses - SA Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 15 May 2006 12:40:19 -0700
  Howdy All, I am in the process of installing a South Africa Big Brake Kit on my '87 GL. I purchased the kit through...
• Re: NEED HELP finding replacement carpet
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:46:00 EDT
  ...i know that gowesty has a kit > available that looks pretty close to original. ...NOT the carpet mats, > but the actual carpet kit, including...
• Re: Big brake kit question for `87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:08:12 -0400
  The interesting thing is that the kit GoWesty sells are 11" rotors. Of course 275 or 288 could either be loosely considered 11 inches...
• Re: 4-wheel Porsche di$c, Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 7 May 2002 17:24:12 +0200
  ...We have made kits > >for nearly all porsche brakes. > > > >If you want to keep your 16"-wheels, we could make a kit with > >brembo...
• Re: The problem with TIICO problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:46:55 EST
  Yes, from what I have been told this kit is actually what is provided at the VW of SA dealerships to convert any waterboxer...
• Re: Stock westy kitchen light improvement
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:22:11 -0700
  ...drop in replacement for the halogen > festoon bulbs in the westy kitchen light . It’s dimmable led, no mods to > the light unit needed...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:02:22 -0400
  Dan, Looking at your link, http://www.vanistan.com/oil_cooler_kits.html It seems that the OEM push rod tube cover would not...
• GoWesty! Headlight upgrade Kit.... instructions from 3 years ago?
  Historical mailing list - ron johnson
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:54:53 -0700
  Howdy - A few years ago, I purchased a GoWesty! Headlight upgrade Kit for for '91 Vanagon. Time passed, parts did not get installed and...
• Re: Adding rear disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:09:18 -0500
  ...A brake kit >> that works well with the existing front disc brakes? If anyone has >> installed on and has experience with it any input...
• Re: GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 18 May 2009 17:38:54 -0600
  I installed the GoWesty kit more than three years and 70,000 miles ago and I have had no problems whatever. The inserts in...
• Re: Short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:09:44 -0500
  > Does anyone know if the Gene Berg short-shift kit works with a Syncro? where can i get this short shift kit? i have...
• Fuel Tank R&R Kits
  Historical mailing list - Christopher
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:44:48 -0800
  Can anyone tell me why the GoWesty Kit is a little more than a third of the Vanagain.com kit? Is there any major...
• FW: FS: 2.5L Subaru conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Meiborg, John R
  Sat, 23 May 1998 06:55:10 -0700
  The following conversion kit is still for sale. I would like to sell it complete before I start selling parts. Any takers? > I would...
• Re: New Vanagon Body Effects
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:36:41 -0800
  ...Fountain Valley, CA 92708 +1 800-289-5488 +1 714-965-2336 http://www.kaminari.com/ Manufactures body kits for 1992- EuroVans. No longer...
• PS Hose kit - a tale corrected
  Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:34:17 +0000
  ...I made the mistake of thinking that Ken's kit was identical to the kit Frank Condelli sells, but that's not correct. Unfortunately...
• Re: Oil pressure relocation kits?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:32:16 -0400
  ...I would > be interested in hearing from those of you who have such kits. > > Thanks, > Tony > -- > 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo" > 85 Vanagon "El Guapo" > http...
• SA Quad Round Headlight Grille kits FS!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 00:24:49 EST
  Just wanted to let the List know that I have available now a kit for putting the quad round headlight grille on any year...
• Re: Berg short shift kit group purchase- 1st call
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:23:10 -0800
  ...Send me > your name/address, how you want it shipped (UPS or USMail), whether you want > just the short shift kit or the kit...
• Re: rear disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 21:16:46 +1200
  ...I'll be going for the Hansen front & rear kits...eventually. Oettinger makes a kit. Hansen (also in Germany) is planning one, using Porsche...
• Oil Pressure article and kit now available
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 23:46:09 -0700
  ...basics of lubrication, common false alarms in Vanagons related to oil pressure, and installing the Volks Cafe Oil Pressure Gauge kit. Links are still...
• Freebie - AC tunnel recall support kit - PN 200 298 001
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:15:08 -0500
  ...There was an AC tunnel mandatory safety recall that resulted in the production of this kit. The AC tunnel will eventually fall if the...
• Caterpillar SOS oil sampling test kits.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Jun 2020 20:04:34 +0000
  Cat HO Penn is having a summer special on the oil testing kits. $360 for a 20 pack. If interested give Kelly or Heather...
• Re: Headlight upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:39:10 -0500
  > Do they come with wiring instructions for relays? Yes. (The relay kits do, that is - not the headlights alone if you do not buy...
• Wheel studs/spacer kit
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 13 May 2011 20:09:57 -0600
  I purchased som et30 wheels for my 82 westy and the rear studs seem really short is the go westy stud/ spacer kit even...
• Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 13:57:52 -0700
  For our aging road divas, I'm sure volks have the minimum support kit they keep always available in their diva...er van. What...
• Re: 1.9 tdi turn key kit
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:20:33 -0400
  ...2007 22:51:03 -0700, Jeff Gates <jeffrey.gates@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >For $8000 you can get a 1.9 tdi turn key kit.
• Oettinger fog/driving lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:11:06 -0800 (PST)
  Last summer Derek Drew talked about the Oettinger light kit that installs in the sheet metal between the lower grill and turn signal (vanagon...
• R134a Conversion kits in MN or ND?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:26:34 -0500
  ...Can you tell me if those r134a refresh/conversion kits are available in ND or MN? Thanks Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding...
• Re: Antifreeze Experiment
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:20:08 -0800
  > I did a little experiment. (Don't tell my wife, but the kitchen was my lab). Gee.... I hope you cleaned up the kitchen...
• auto tranny rebuild kit?
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 12:46:58 EDT
  ...Wonder if there is any place to get an auto tranny rebuild kit for my 88 Weekender? Its tranny starts to leak and slip...
• REPOST! ECU CHIP AND ROCKERS UPGRADE!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:07:59 -0700
  ...IT WAS NOT an April Fools Joke!!! > > The info is true, I will be able to prduce this "Kit" for anyone who wants it...
• Opinions of Tiico Owners
  Historical mailing list - Will Pierson
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 11:59:50 -0400
  ...I ordered a kit in late November 2000 and was told I would receive it in early 2001. I paid the full amount less...
• Re: Berg short shift kit-LAST CALL
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:08:37 -0700
  I have looked in the archives, and I want to confirm that the kit (part number 6785) works on Syncros. Does it? And what...
• Re: FYI: Rear Brake Hardware Kit � � � � � � � � � � � �
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:18:40 EDT
  ...All the after market companies have the wrong pins and cheap washers in their kits. This is one time you should go to the...
• Fw: VW Audi "Fix It" Projects? HUGE Pre-Labor Day Sale!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 27 Aug 2015 08:02:22 +0000
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